The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-06
HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY.
The Opinions and Suggestions of q Literary
Athlete tho Subject.

Athlete on tho Subject.
Julian Hawthorne. in Home X knowledge.
strength several hundred per cent. without ever
touching club or dumb bell or pulling weight.
In fact, gymnasiums often do harm. for two
reasons: First, because of the confined air;
secondly, because those who attend them do not
know what sort Of work is best suited to them,
and are apt to overdo the work they undertake,
vitality, ounce of which is worth ton of
muscle" in the long run. Too much muscle
will shorten your life, but vitality is life itself.
The stomach, the skin and the lungs are the
three essential things in human being. So
long as they are in perfect order the finest pro-
fessional gymnast can have little to teach you
To keep them in good condition no gymnasium
or gymnastic apparatus is required, still less
pepsin, pills sarsaparilla. You can do it all
yourself without altering your business or do
mestic habits or putting yourself to any incon-
venience Quite the contrary But 1t Is extraor-
binary, the ingenuity some people show. when
the chance is offered them between two things or
oourses-one healthy, the other unhealthy. but
both.equally available or easy-the dlaoocal
certainty, say with which they fix upon that
which is unhealthy. Whatever the metaphysical
morals of the bulk of man and woman kind may
be. their physical morality seems not Tar re-
moved from tota. depravity.
Take the stomach first How many OF our
average citizens can lay their hands upon that
noble organ and swear that week IL might well
say a day. passes in which they do not overload
1t with pie, pickles and candyl And how many
gallons of strong-even green-tea and coffee per
mastication regularity of meals respect for the
digestive processes and forth. say moth
ing. After have ceased to stuff ourselves
with trash that has no more nourlshment In
it than sawdust, and is actively injurious into
the bargain We may begin to consider THESE
more elevated subjects. We hear OF crusades
against alcohol, but I have sympathy
with a pie-and-candy- eating and tea-and-c cot
fee-drinking man or woman, who preaches
temperance abstinence; let them first take
the beam out OF their own eye. small guam
of ali ahOl air nj at ri
may do good; pie, and candy, and green tea
never can. Abstain from such stuff entirely;
never drink anything hotter than blood heat
Let your only condiments be salt and mustard.
in moderation; eat butter eparingly, and cheese
not at ALI; for breakfast and supper have bread
and milk. oatmeal and eggs for dinner, fresh
meat and vegetable, between half pint of soup
and a couple of spoonfuls of light pudding. As
to drink, il you are thirsty you can drink water:
occasional glass of pure ale or claret
ask mss'' yourself WHISTLER You have not
had enough, and if you think you can
get along with what you have eaten, do not take
another mouthfuL Never try to tempt" your
Appetite on the contrary, ask yourself whether
bread and water and if the answer is in the neg
alive omit that meal and see how You feel at
the next-but never eat between meals. IT you
ate only wholesome things, you could live and
Starvation is the best cure for dyspepsia pick
me- ups only keep 1t alive After you have lived
on reasonable food for month or TWO you WILL
no longer be troubled with squeamish appetite.
If any way practicable, you ought to have at
least half an hour in the open air before sitting
down to table: and at any rate wash your face,
and arms and chest in cool water. But must
| leave the stomach here, with hundred things
| still to be said about 1t.
Now for the skin. Nnety-nine people out of
| hundred never think about their skin, though
! the health of all their internal organs depends
upon it's condition. 1t is no washing your face
| and hands and leaving the rest of your body IN
had Ts ia
| basin and spatter yourself from head to foo,
| with water. You must cleanse every part Of
! your skin thoroughly once a day. am no ad
! vocate of discomfort in bathing-cold water in a
/ cold room, and all such nonsense. Have the
| room warm, and the water only few degrees
/ cooler. Stay in the bath five minutes, keeping